Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation [Hardcover]

Explaining Creativityis an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. It examines research on thinking processes, personality, culture, mental health, groupwork, technology, self-beliefs, and more, while reviewing creativity across fields such as the arts, science, theater, music, and writing. In this newly updated edition,Explaining Creativityprovides a comprehensive understanding of creativity for anyone interested in the topic.Explaining Creativityis an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. The book summarizes and integrates a broad range of research in psychology and related scientific fields. In the last 50 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have devoted increased attention to creativity; we now know more about creativity than at any point in history.Explaining Creativityexamines research on thinking processes, personality, culture, mental health, groupwork, technology, self-beliefs, and more. It also reviews creativity across fields such as the arts, science, theater, music, and writing.This new edition maintains the broad and practical, yet still detailed approach of the previous editions, but it features updated coverage on the full landscape of creative cognition, creative practice, and social and cultural contexts for creativity. With three new chapters on Creativity and Technology, Creativity and Wellbeing, and Creativity and Self, this third edition provides a comprehensive understanding of creativity for anyone interested in the topic.Part 1. Conceptions1. Introduction2. Conceptions of CreativityPart 2: Individualist Approaches3. Defining Creativity Through Assessment4. The Creative Personality5. The Creative Process, Part 16. The Creative Process, Part 27. The Creative Process, Part 38. Biology and Creativity9. Creative Self Beliefs10. Creativity and Well-beingPart 3: Sociocultural Approaches11. The Sociology of Creativity12. Group l£